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Edwards Winter Market
New food market offers fresh local food through the winter Locavores, rejoice! This winter, you can purchase great local food in Edwards all winter long, thanks to the new Edwards Winter Market. The new Vail Valley food market, based inside Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, will offer fresh produce, fruit, grass-fed meats, wild salmon,…
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Snow & Finals
Leadville student Becky Aurora shares her thoughts on finals – and things to do in Leadville and Summit County once they are over and winter break begins. This post was first published in Becky’s blog, Life at 10,200 feet. Below are two pictures taken of Thursday evening’s snowmaking near the top of Dutch Henri Hill.…
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Snow in Steamboat!
CMC student Dustin Eldridge shares a few thoughts on Colorado finally getting some snow this winter, just in time for finals. This article first appeared in Dustin’s blog, Steamboat Livin.’ The snow gods have blessed Steamboat. Consecutive storms started last week and have dropped decent accumulations every other day. The last storm settled in all…
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SMART
Solid Academics. Intelligent Price. Smart. CMC has recently launched a new campaign titled SMART. Banners in selected in-district high school gyms, postcards to CMC District households with children aged 17-19, Facebook ads targeting students and parents, and a microsite that explains how Colorado Mountain College is a great first choice are elements being utilized to…
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CMC Culinary grad honored with business award
North Dakota magazine recognizes Eric Watson among Top 40 regional business professionals Each year, Prairie Business magazine recognizes 40 talented business professionals under the age of 40 for their hard work and success. The honorees represent a cross-section of professions and talents. Colorado Mountain College Culinary Arts graduate Eric Watson was chosen as one of…
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Best Colorado Ski Town
Elevation Outdoors is currently running a contest polling readers on which sweet Colorado mountain hamlet qualifies as Colorado’s Best Ski Town. We’re pretty excited that eight of Colorado Mountain College’s eleven locations made the final list. The contest ends at high noon, (Colorado time!) this Friday, December 7th. The winning town gets profiled in…
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Gratitude for Opening Weekend
Given the recent lack of snow, we think this post by CMC student Dustin Eldridge is particularly relevant. “Without the worst years, there would be no great years,” says Dustin. The article first appeared in his blog, Steamboat Livin’. While I haven’t yet been able to ride up the lifts here at Steamboat quite yet,…
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Solar panels to help CARE cut utility costs
Local contributors help shelter with new array This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By John Colson. SPRING VALLEY, Colorado — By today, approximately one third of the electricity powering the Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE) shelter may be coming from the sun rather than conventional power plants.And, perhaps best of all the benefits…
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A glimpse of new media
CMC’s is busy creating some new videos to raise awareness about our New Media programs in Digital Journalism, Digital Marketing & Design, and Digital Media Production. A great way to liven up your Monday morning. Share it on!
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TEDxVailWomen explores “The Space Between”
This article first appeared in the Vail Daily. The third, independently organized TEDxVailWomen event, focused on women and girls, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Organized by Vail’s Kat Haber with support from the Vail Symposium, the event is free and begins…